Hose coupling



- .leakproof and not weaken theho'se;

Patented Nov. 13, 1945 a "m1, "Pitt, i Dover, and means Montclalr, N. 1., 'assignors to Beslstoflex Curpof a.

i neon, neueviuaN- a corporation o! -'New '1 This invention relateg "tofittings or couplings eforflexible hose, more particularly'to fittings "which may be quickly attached. detached jand reused, without the use orany'special toolsf Flexible tubing-and hose are usedior'a variety of purposes such as gasoline,-oil and hydraulic I lines, instrument nneseompr'e sed-air-sno suum lines, etc. To enable; and vifa'oilita/t'e their connection to associated n' echanisms' they are, equipped with fittings at their ends which usually have male or femal threaded membersjfor'mak- 1 "m 'su'eh connections These fittings must '1 be.

ale'akproof and should secure the hose end in "such manner that they will not blow oil; or weaken the hose at the pointw here the coupling is 'ajpplied so.

that it will fail, at pressures below'the normal :bur'st pressure of the hose itself, sothat-the full capacity of the hose to sustain-pressure can be utilized."' many application it is desirable that a fltting he available which can be applled tea hose' lengthcut from bulk in'thefield without'requiring the'use oi special tools. Such fitting's'are known in 'the 'ti'ade'as the' q ick-attachable type and avariety of suchfittings have been'devised. 7 Some require special tools for their use. *Some are attachable but i the process of attachmerit some part of the fitting is deformed s'o'that not part of the-invention; there may be substituted the second partthereoij applied the end? of a w" v l Fig;- 3' shows the hose, end a s mbled in the 2- '"pieceilt'tingoi?1"igs. -1and'2;- ,j e y l [Figs 14, 5 and 6 are, respectivel the coupling part, separate shank member and collar of a3- iece" fitting.the" collar being applied to a hose Fig. fl shows a-nioditfl cation ofthe shank Fig.5havinga'serratedsurfaceiand' Fig. 8 shows the ii piece fittingassembledon :a'hose end. K I

Referring toFig. 1-,'the coupling part of' the 2- piece fitting mayreadily'bemachined from hexagonal bar stock and has' a' threadednipple In by means of which the hose assembly is fastened to someother mechanism. For thisnipple, whichis any other s utable" type of coup1ing,'g such as an it i not reusable. Some haveparts whichmay\ be assembled backward by unskilled labor with resulting decreased efflciency. *"Many' of such flttings'which have-been developed for use with rubber or synthetic rubber hose are unsuitable for use -with hose made in whole or in partof various-recently developed plastics which have 'propertiesdifierent from rubbersffsuch as less compressibility" or elasticity for "a 'i tendency t to v The objects or the present invention are to provide a quick attachable'fitting which is easily as sen bled, whichcannot be assembled with any 'part reversed, which can "be easily removed and reuse'd," "no part *having been deformed the process of attachment? which is particularly adapted for "use with hose-incorporating a layer of non-rubberplas'tic material, and which Other objects and advantages willinpart be obvious from and in part will appear inthe course of the following description of the present-pie 'intemally threaded part-,"a swivel" coupling or the like." "Adjacent the nipple Ill a segment of the bar stock is left-I intact toprovide a. hexagonal head l l which maybe gripped by a wrench. E2;-

tending outwardly from the head'is an internally threaded sleeve lfand a shank "ll, *thef shank preferably extending *a short distance beyondthe end of jthesleev'e-l2 as shown. The'sleeve shank define between them an; annular chamber for receiving the hose end l5 and the externally threaded Fig. 2.

*The shank l 4 1 has a cylindrical inner" portion I8 which extends outwardly from the bottom" of the annular chamber a substantial fdistanoe, mergingaat it inner end with theoutwardly flared bottom I Set the chamber vandatthe other end with the 'tapered surfaces 20- and 2| of the outer portion 01- the shank which gradually decreases in diatneterto the roun ded nose 22 which is about of the same diameter as. the inside-diameter'of the hose I51 It will be noted that this tapered endof the shankgraduallyincreases in diameter from the nose Hthroughout the slightly tapered surfaceil 'and mor rapidly increases in Will'be ierred embodiments 'of the invention, taken in conjunction with the drawings; in' which:

Fig. 1 shows, in ha1t' section; the coupling o ra2-piece fitting;

Fig. 21 similar iew 0! the c'ollar which is diameter throughoutthe taperedsurface 29 which constitutes a conical step. I

The coupling part shown in Fig. 1 has a straight cylindrical bore- 24 extending thrdllghdl'lt its length, which may be of substantially'th'e same :size as the bore ofjthe' hose l5 so-that there'wi'll" be substantially fitting. i Thetcollar shown full flow or fluid through the in Fig. 2 has a smooth cylindrical bore 25-0: substantially the samediameter as the. outside of the hose, adjacent "which, at

portion ls iofthe collan bothshown in ments of the invention are to be considered merely as illustrative oi the invention which is to be construed broadly within the purview of the claim.

What is claimed is: g

A reusable quick-attachable coupling for attachment to a compressible flexible hose end, comprising a rigid cylindrical collar externally threaded throughout the major portion of its surface and provided at one end with a wrenchin receiving portion, said collar having a bore a portion of which is smooth and cylindrical and adapted to closely surround said hose end when in an unstressed condition and another portion of which is provided with screw threads adapted 15 to grip the hose and facilitate application of the collar to the hose end, a coupling part having a wrench-receiving portion and an internally threaded cylindrical sleeve adapted to receive the externally threaded portion of said collar and 90 having a shank centrally located within said in- 'ternally threaded sleeve and projecting beyond the end of the latter, said shank being tapered at its outer end to a diameter approximating the inner diameter 0! the hose/for easy insertion therein and having a diameter at its inner end intermediate the inside and outside diameters of the hose and adapted to expand the hose outwardly tightly against the unthreaded inside portion of said collar when the hose is drawn over said shank, the tapered portion of said shank having a smooth surface to facilitate drawing of the chamber and compressed between said end wallv and the inner end of said collar.

KARL PAPE. ALEXANDER N. TROSHKIN. 

